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* ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'': Many of the adult Smurfs end up having Tapper's sarsaparilla ale instead of smurfberry wine after [[ThisIsWrongOnSoManyLevels witnessing Smurfette marrying Papa Smurf in an alternate timeline]]. In the normal timeline story "Papa's Big Crush", Duncan [=McSmurf=] goes with Tapper to the tavern for a drink to get the thoughts of Smurfette with Papa Smurf out of his mind.

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* ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'': Many of the adult Smurfs end up having Tapper's sarsaparilla ale instead of smurfberry wine after [[ThisIsWrongOnSoManyLevels witnessing Smurfette marrying Papa Smurf in an alternate timeline]]. In the normal timeline story "Papa's Big Crush", Duncan [=McSmurf=] goes with Tapper to the tavern for a drink to [[BrainBleach get the thoughts of Smurfette with Papa Smurf out of his mind.mind]].

* As the pilots of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_232 United Flight 232]] were trying to land a plane with no hydraulic systems, and therefore no control, one of the pilots in the cockpit told the captain they'd have a beer when this was all over. The captain responded, "Well, I don't drink, but I'll [[PrecisionFStrike sure as shit]] have one."

* Parodied in ''Film/{{Airplane}}'' by Lloyd Bridges' character, Steve [=McCroskey=], complaining "Looks like I picked a bad day to quit smoking/drinking/amphetamines/sniffing glue" and then being shown indulging in the indicated substance in the next scene.

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* Parodied in ''Film/{{Airplane}}'' by Lloyd Bridges' character, Steve [=McCroskey=], complaining "Looks like I picked a bad day the wrong week to quit smoking/drinking/amphetamines/sniffing drinking/smoking/amphetamines/sniffing glue" and then being shown indulging in the indicated substance in the next scene.

* In ''Fanfic/TheLoneTraveler'', various [[TheMultiverse iterations]] of [[Literature/HarryPotter Minerva McGonagall]] usually need a drink to make her brain stop hurting after one of the Traveler's schemes has come to light.

* ''FanFic/{{Eternity}}'': The reason for Jun'you's heavy drinking habit is that she was one of the very few who fought Enterprise and lived to tell about it. For refenrence, When Enterprise, now Yonaga after serving Japan for decades, looks at the mirror and sees her Pacific War-self, she sees herself as a Wo-Class. Thankfully, the years after the War greately mellowed her out.

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* ''FanFic/{{Eternity}}'': The reason for Jun'you's heavy drinking habit is that she was one of the very few who fought Enterprise and lived to tell about it. For refenrence, reference, When Enterprise, now Yonaga after serving Japan for decades, looks at the mirror and sees her Pacific War-self, she sees herself as a Wo-Class. Thankfully, the years after the War greately mellowed her out.

* ''Fanfic/FatesCollide'': Gilgamesh is ordered to fight [[TheDreaded Bazett Fraga McRemitz]] and he most likely loses. He comforts himself with wine. Nero Claudius and Weiss Schnee join him and share the wine, and Weiss impresses him with her knowledge of alcoholic beverages.

* ''Fanfic/FatesCollide'': Gilgamesh is ordered to fight [[TheDreaded Bazett Fraga McRemitz]] and he loses. He comforts himself with wine. Nero Claudius and Weiss Schnee join him and share the wine, and Weiss impresses him with her knowledge of alcoholic beverages.

* ''Fanfic/FatesCollide'': Gilgamesh is ordered to fight [[TheDreaded Bazett Fraga McRemitz]] and he loses. He comforts himself with wine. Nero Claudius and Weiss Schnee join him and share the wine, and Weiss impresses him with her knowledge of alcoholic beverages.

* In ''Fanfic/GuardiansWizardsAndKungFuFighters'', [[spoiler: Nimue]] spends her brief appearance in Chapter 19 nursing a bottle of wine, to comfort herself over the failure of her plan during the subway fight which concluded in the previous chapter.

* ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty'': A harried Opus is the new Bloom Picayune "Ombudsman." After frantically answering phone calls from irate subscribers, we find out why he's called that:-->'''Opus:''' ''SOMEBODY POUR ME A BUD!''

* It was always right around song #9 that Creator/TerryWogan would reach for a drink during his commentaries of the Series/EurovisionSongContest, and he often advised the viewers to do the same. [[Series/TheGrahamNortonShow Graham Norton]], his successor, has proudly upheld this tradition.

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